Wednesday, October 20, 2010

News media links

The best Mon-Fri daily national/international news program in the United States:
Democracy Now, hosted by Amy Goodman (avail. online 24-7)

--and the network her show is based at, KPFA / Pacifica Radio, 94.1fm in the Bay Area--totally listener-supported radio
One very interesting show on KPFA is Hard Knock Radio—on the radio in the Bay Area Mon-Fri on 94.1fm, 4-5pm and online anywhere, anytime at:
http://kpfa.org/archive/show/35--The show starts with the national news headlines, followed by interviews, reporting, and sometimes music with an urban, human rights focus.
BIAS NOTICE: KPFA (Pacifica radio and internet) is seen by many as having a progressive-liberal-activist bias, mainly among believers in the “liberal vs. conservative” false dichotomy .)
Fox News’ Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera reporting from New Orleans during Katrina:
A brief, intense report during a human tragedy, and a rare day for Fox http://www.spike.com/video/geraldo-rivera/2678976
“60 Minutes” segment about the Islamic center being developed in New York

SPECIAL SECTION: JON STEWART AND THE MEDIA

Here’s a link to Stewart’s show’s homepage—then you can look to the lower-left for “more episodes”:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

Who is America’s most trusted news anchor? According to a July 2009 national poll...

http://www.timepolls.com/hppolls/archive/poll_results_417.html

This guy says “why” very well—especially in section 3: “The Truth Factor”

http://newsflavor.com/politics/us-politics/why-is-jon-stewart-americas-most-trusted-newscaster/?44934#comment-44934&reload

Radio interview with Stewart on NPR Oct. 4 2010. (National Public Radio) “I have become increasingly unnerved by the depth of corruption that exists at many different levels. I'm less upset with politicians than [with] the media. . . somebody's gotta be the zookeeper.”

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=130321994&m=130324991

(From 20 minutes to 30 is the most interesting part of the interview regarding media.)

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Some very deep water: Fascinating global-focus interview with John Perkins, an author who worked to influence business and government activities in central and south america for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency:



Thande Chimurenga’s reporting on the trial of J. Mehserle:

http://twitter.com/OscarGrantTrial 

http://www.therealnews.com/t2/about-us
—interesting site with a stated set of standards—this link is to their “About Us” page, where those standards are stated!

http://drudgereport.com/
BIAS NOTICE: The Drudge Report—a news hub, with an anti-liberal bias apparent in some advertisements and in the selection, placement and prioritization of headlines--and sometimes their wording.


More news organizations: (These are URLs for now—please copy and paste into a web browser’s address bar.)
bbc.com
msnbc.com
cnn.com
pbs.org/newshour
ft.com
abcnews.com
sfgate.com
indybay.org
newser.com
nyt.com
npr.org
gregpalast.com
thomhartmann.com

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